Convertible pull and rocking toy base



Aug. 13, 1963 MAY CONVERTIBLE PULL AND ROCKING TOY BASE Filed March 27, 1961 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 R m m V m ALEX MAY gQLWW ATTORNEY Aug. 13, 1963 A. MAY 3,100,364

CONVERTIBLE PULL AND ROCKING TOY BASE Filed March 27, 1961 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR. ALEX M AY A TTORNEY did 't-hid Patented Aug. 13, 1963 3,160,364 CSNVERTIBLE PULL AND ROCKING TOY BASE Aiex May, 176-10 69th Ave, Flushing, N.Y.

' Filed Mar. 27, 1961, Ser. No. 98,462

1 Claim. (Cl. 46-103) This invention relates to toys and more particularly to a vehicle or chassis for supporting a toy figure either roilable over a surface or rochable on said surface, as desired.

A principal object of the invention is to provide a toy with a convertible rock and pull toy supporting chassis adapted to be rolled over a supporting surface and/or rocked upon such a surface.

Another object of the invention is to provide a toy with a chassis adapted to support a toy fignire, which chassis is provided with Wheels for rolling the toy figure over a supporting surface and with rockers for rocking the toy ngure on .a supporting surface selectively.

A further object is to provide a rolling and/ or rocking chassis for supporting a toy figure with means for pulling the chassis along a supporting surface.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which the various novel features of the invention (are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of a chassis embodying my invention.

FIG. 2 is a bottom plan view thereof.

FIG. 3 is a side elevational view thereof.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged detail view showing the weld connection between the brace bars.

FIG. 5 is :a sideelevational view of the chassis of FIG. 1 in inverted condition for rocking movement showing a toy figure supported thereon.

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view of the pants shown in FIG. 5.

FIG. 7 is a bottom perspective view showing the means for fastening the toy figure onto the chassis, the fastening means shown in open position in dot-dash lines.

FIG. 8 is a bottomplan detail view showing the fastening means in open flatwise condition.

FIG. 9 is a front elevational view of the parts shown in FIG. 5, with the chassis supported on the wheels for rolling movement.

Referring now in detail to the drawings, in FIG. 1 a vehicle or chassis embodying the invention is shown and designated by the numeral 10. The chassis 10 comprises a one-piece rectangular-shaped frame 12 formed of round metal bar, the long sides of which are slightly curved forming rockers 14. A pair of bracing bars 16, 16 are crisscrossed with their ends Welded to the ends 18, 18 of the frame adjacent the rockers 14 as indicated at 20. The bracing bars are welded to each other at the point of crossing as indicated at 22. At their point of crossing, the brace bars are counter-sunk as indicated at in order to reduce the thickness of the joint.

An axle 24 extends across the frame at each end thereof and is welded to the adjacent ends of the rockers 14 as indicated at 26. Wheels 28 are rollably mounted on the protruding end-s of the axles 24 and are held thereon by nuts 39. The curved rockers 14 protrude beyond the peripheries 32 of the wheels adjacent the middle and midway their ends as shown in FIG. 5. The Wheels are shown as solid discs and may be formed of plastic, wood, or any other suitable material.

One end of an elongated flat plastic tape 34 is formed with a loop and fastened to one end of the frame. The

other end of the tape is preferably looped to provide a hand hold 38.

The chassis as above described may be supported on its wheels 28 on a supporting surface S as shown in FIG. 3 or may be supported on the rockers 14 on the supporting surface S as shown in FIG. 5.

In use, a toy figure of a shape and size capable of sitting on the cross-braces 16 is placed on the braces. If it is desired to pull or roll the toy figure over the supporting surface, the chassis is placed on the supporting surface with its wheels engaging the surface as shown in FIGS. 3 and 9. The toy figure is placed on the crisscrossed braces 16 and axles 24 between the rockers 14, 14. In this position, the chassis 101 and supported toy figure 36 may be pulled over the supporting surface by means of the tape 34. The weight of the toy figure may be relied upon to hold the toy figure on the chassis without displacement, or any suitable means may be used for fastening the toy figure on the frame or axles or both.

In FIG. 5, a toy figure in the form of a toy doggie 36 is shown supported on the chassis 10. The chassis is shown inverted with its rockers 14, I4 engaging the supporting surface S, and the wheels 28, 28 above the surface. The doggie 36 is shown supported on the cross braces 16, 16. The doggie is shown fastened to the chassis by means of short elastic tapes 41, one tape being secured to one end of the body of the doggie between his hind legs '40-, 4t and a pair of spaced tapes '41 being secured to the bottom of the front legs 42, 42 of the body. The tapes are secured to the body of the doggie by means of stitching 44, midway the ends thereof. One end of the tape has a female snap button 46 fastened thereto adapted to receive a male snap button 48 fastened to the other end thereof. The tapes are shown encircling or looped around the ends 18 and axles 24 with the snap buttons snapped onto each other, as best shown in FIG. 7. Of course, any other suitable means may be used to fasten the toy figure to the chassis or frame. With the toy figure supported as shown in FIG. 5, manual pressure exerted at either end of the toy figure will cause it to rock back and forth on the rockers 14, 14 as will be understood. A toy doggie is shown for illustration purposes merel and any other type of toy may be mounted on the chassis for either rocking or rolling as desired.

In FIG. 9, the toy doggie 36 is shown supported on the chassis 1'0 with the chassis supported on its wheels 28, 28 on the supporting surface S. The doggie is supported on the brace bars 16, 16 between the upwardly extending sides 14, 14 of the frame. The toy doggie is fastened to the chassis in the same manner as shown in FIG. 6. When the toy figure is thus supported, the toy figure and chassis may be pulled or rolled over the supporting surface S by means of the tape 34.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise construction herein disclosed and that various changes and modifications may be made within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is:

In combination, a rollable and rochable chassis, a toy figure, means for releasably fastening the toy figure on the chassis, said chassis comprising a rectangular skeleton frame, axles supported on the sides of the frame adjacent the ends of the frame, the ends of the axles protruding outwardly of the frame, wheels on the protruding ends of the axles adapted to engage a supporting surface for rolling the frame over the surface, the sides of the frame being the frame and fastened at their ends to the ends of the 5 frame for bracing the fname, said bars being countersunk at their point of crossing, and an elongated fiat tape attached at one end to one end of the finame for rolling the chassis over a supporting surface, the means for fas- 10 tening the toyfig-ure on the chassis including short tapes secured to the toy figure midway the ends thereof, the remainder of the tapes being unattached, the unattached portions encircling the axles, a female snap button on one end of each tape and a male snap button on the other 15 V 4 end of each tape for fastening the ends of the tapes to each other.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 288,662 Reed Nov. 20, 1883 1,924,992 Jasper Aug. 29', '1933 2,011,233 Persons Aug. -13, 1935 2,760,799 Smith Aug. 28, 1956 FOREIGN PATENTS 164,663 Australia Aug. 18, 1955 OTHER REFERENCES Popular Mechanics, June 1959, page 129 cited. 

